Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Animations.

How about CCP place drinkable Quafe beverages in CQ (while im adding suggestions). Animate the avatar to do things in ways we havent seen them.


Reading skillbooks/pad data sheets. Opening the character sheets, fitting, wallet, assets, map etc. triggers this new animation with a hand object. Avatar stays with electronic pad in hand reading and scrolling pages while standing (leaning against wall), walking or sitting. Open windows keeps the animation active until its closed.

Edit: "Skill Training Completed!!".... What if the avatar in CQ displays reactions to each new skill accomplishment in different short-lived reactions which builds in length to each new level gained? Up to 5 animations... including one in general where the character reacts to blinking info coming from the above mentioned data pad. The data pad would be pulled out while this is happening, the trigger being the end of a skill training session.

Where my on station poker games at!?

Add bars, and include the 'Slay' game.

Wardrobe/Locker Functionality

I can create many great looks while customising my character and I would like to save each one for different situations.

Slot1 - Nightclub (My current theme at time of writing)
Slot2 - Business
Slot3 - Warpath
Slot4 - Roleplay
Slot5 - Casual

Portrait/Passport Photo

I can’t exit the character creator without snapping a portrait photo, which is publicly viewable! Is there a way to do this? I think I know the answer but i still think I’m being dumb.

It’s good to try different looks on a whim or for experiments where you need to walk around to get a feel. Updating should clearly be optional!

Best solution: Let us save portraits to an album that allows you to switch primary photo.


Clothing Style or Art direction

You’ve got Military and Mercenary and that’s it! There is hardly any feminine clothing or civilian looking cloths. Its all combat themed with combat pockets everywhere.

If you released beautiful dresses for girls or business suites for guys they would be the most sought after items in the NEX store.

Please be more relaxed about art direction!!! Free your mind.

Yep the roleplay aspect of it all is much needed. I personally sway towards seeking immersion in my game, in that regard EVE has a lot of work.

You mention loading times and i have to admit i havent noticed this and im running a 3 year old system.

Intel Core 2 Duo (E8400 @ 3GHz each core)
4GB Ram
Nvida 260

... and this crappy hardware tends to load CQ in about 10 - 15 seconds.

My super-serious suggestion is: Remove them, and focus on the core gameplay. TIme has come for CCP to admit that they are a flop, and work on fixing stuff that needs fixing.

Apologies -- have not read entire thread -- too long.

CQ *needs* fixing, and one way to do this is to throw it all away.

Another would be to solve some of the ... unusual aspects :: furniture with which you can't interact, but which still gets in the way, the bed/couch for example. Why have that -- why not instead made the sofa lie-down-upon-able ?

Why do we get reams of Incursion and Bounty information on the Big Screen, but not the EVE News ?

Why do we need PI and Corp screens always there ? Have at least one of those side scvreens multi-functional (I accept the Big Screen will be wanted for adverts eventually) -- right-cick to select your "channel" -- PI, Own Corp access, Corp Search, Agents in Station, and *definitely* a list of what In This Station people want to buy (why we don't have this function ...).


Or, just throw it all away, and get back to spaceships, planets, stargates and so on -- you know, the Bread and Butter -- and let World of Darkness develop their own Walking In Dungeons software (which we know is what CQ was meant to test-bed)

Blood raiders have a twilight poster up on the wall. "In our own way we really shine!"

More idle animations. Lean on walls or rails if standing near them long enough. Pull out a datapad and start poking it if in an open area. Cross your legs if sitting. Stuff like that.

I think I posted this before but seeing the routine maintenance done on your ship. Small hauling drones or ships transferring containers back and forth to your ship. You still need fuel and crew supplies even if not loading other cargo. Repair bots fixing micro fractures, cleaning the weapon barrels and searching for any signs of wear.

More switches! The hangar looks noisy and the open doorway is just begging for an interactable door. Why can't I switch off the displays? How about the lights?

Taking an elevator to the cargo bay. The cargo crates don't need to actually show their content but just have a holographic "Contents: Long-limb roes, 50 boxes" sign on them. Eventually getting to open them and carrying some to your quarters would be nice.

Since you're doing a POS overhaul, I'd like to see the shared corp hangar out of my CQ if docking at one becomes possible. POS hangars have limited space so it might be technically possible to actually fit what people have docked in there. Also gives a chance to design smaller CQs for POSes. Of course this is a bigger thing and might not really be in the scope of this thread.

As for the release schedule, I'd say rolling stuff out little by little might be feasible too, as long as you don't make a big number out of every new addition. I'm sure people will understand that getting more options in smaller increments gives more time to test it for broken parts. For example give the ability to invite people to your CQ. You get to see if anything breaks and how hard it is on userbase's hardware. Then roll out corp offices for meetings and next the station enviroments. Every other area of the game does this so why build hype and excitement for the meaningful content in WiS?

Here is some nice ideas which is easy to deliver.

1. The name of an item in re-cusomization, when cursor is hovering on item's picture. I'd like to know what i'm wearing not just by looks of it.
2. In full body view of another player
a. same tips as in 1: names of clothes when hovering on them, or list of them which is available through a button below near "show portrait".
b. An approximal summary cost of clothes